Working Hard for the Weekend

As of January 4, the team and I are working in the shop to finish the EVX GT kit car for the Philadelphia Car Show. We are pushing it to the deadline.

My job, as the leader of the mechanical team, is to begin building and putting together the doors for our car. When I am done, I will attach them to the frame, but as of now, I still have to install all of the components into the interior of the door and panel. Sometimes, the shop smells like it is on fire from all the welding. Sometimes, I actually think it is.

For the rest of my teammates, their job is to place and center the electric motor in the right position of the GT frame. I hope they do not drop it. As soon as that is done, the diesel engine has to put together with the transmission and mounted in the car. That is the most time consuming task, because if anything is out of line or inverted, it will not work.

The most consistent problem is the debate on the color of the car. We didn’t have that much difficult picking out the size of the radiator exhaust fan or engine coolant, but this is way more serious. Many of my peers want the school colors (I could care less about that) and others would like a sleek black car. I am still undecided.

It may sound like a whole lot, but February is so close. We have to have both cars running and ready for action by February 1st. All of this is a lot, but are essential to getting to “VICTORY!” We are on our way, and we can do so well. I did not leave the shop on Tuesday and Thursday until 7 p.m. We still have a lot to accomplish, but we have motivation from our teachers and instructors. We will have no problem finishing the car.